SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans in their teens and 20s, especially women in their 20s, are increasingly committing suicide due primarily to anxiety and a sense of desperation. Statistics Korea reported that from 2010 to 2020, the number of individuals who committed suicide annually dropped by 15.2 percent from 15,566 people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has mapped out a suicide prevention plan for pop culture artists as part of efforts to prevent the suicide of famous celebrities as well as copycat suicides. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare developed the plan after holding a ministerial conference on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — One third of people attempting suicide are struggling with alcohol abuse, and 5 percent of them resort to attempting suicide again within a year, a recent study showed. Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital held an online seminar last week to celebrate world suicide prevention day on Sept. 10. Dr. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s suicide death rate dropped steadily for over 2013 to 2017, government data showed Sunday. The data compiled by the health ministry and Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention showed that 22.8 out of 100,000 South Koreans took their own lives in 2017, dropping from 24.4 in 2016. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The impulse to commit suicide is proportional to the risk of a financial crisis faced by an individual for two consecutive years, research showed Tuesday. A research team from the medical college of Korea University conducted an analysis of 14,321 people using 2012 to 2018 Korea Welfare Panel Study [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 50 percent of the people who are hopitalized after attempting suicide have attempted suicide previously, and many of them were drunk when they did so. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 22,572 people who were sent to emergency rooms at 66 hospitals across the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SOS Hotline phones installed on Han River bridges have served as a lifeline for those who are contemplating suicide. According to data compiled by the Life Insurance Philanthropy Foundation, the operator of the SOS Hotline, the number of calls for counseling through the hotline totaled 8,615 cases since it [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A transition in the style of media reporting on suicide committed by celebrities leads to a reduction in the suicide rate among non-celebrities, a recent study showed. A research team from Samsung Medical Center conducted a study on the changes in the suicide rate in South Korea between 2005 [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that roughly 4 percent of military service members have had suicidal thoughts. A research team led by Prof. Lee Seung-yup from the Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital and Dr. Yoon Chang-gyo from the World Health Organization analysed the 2014 survey conducted [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one out of three middle and high school students in South Korea mulled suicide over the past year due to academic burden, a survey showed Monday. In a poll of 5,669 middle and high school students conducted by the state-run National Youth Policy Institute from July to October [...]